[Bug 630529] Re: Installing from USB drive writes boot sector to USB not HDD

[AaronPeterson]

it appears that the kubuntu 11.10 desktop 32bit iso put onto a cd using startdisk creator in 11.10 has a similar problem.
It just never boots,   It dumps me into a busybox shell.     Linux Mint 12 also does this to me. (only on my netbook)
The same media works on 2 other computers.

Could it be something to do with the half mini pciExpress ssd not being
detected?   (I am filing a bug, this just looked similar)

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Title:
  Installing from USB drive writes boot sector to USB not HDD

Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “grub-installer” source package in Maverick:
  Triaged
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Maverick:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubiquity

  When installing 10.10 beta 1 from a USB pen drive (created using
  startup disk creator in 10.04) and selecting any of the automatic
  partition setup modes, the MBR/Boot Sector is written to the USB pen
  drive (detected as sda) and not the internal HDD (sdb). If the
  partitions are manually created and the boot sector location set to
  the HDD then it is written correctly.

  Ubiquity version - 2.3.13 (as installed in the beta ISO).

  Installer log files from installation attached
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  Architecture: i386
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate i386 (20100928)
  Package: ubiquity 2.4.4
  PackageArchitecture: i386
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
  Tags: maverick
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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